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#5JoysFriday
@debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 🥰) ... you, too, @Cuilin! 🥰
1 day late. #oops

1. Lovely surprises from @AmyG and @Cuilin + my #Jólabókaflódswap package from @Deblovestoread. Many heartfelt thanks, you lovely Littens. ❣️
2. Our two new awnings: 1 above my head and 1 farther away.
3. A book from King Arthur Baking Co. covered in flour! 🤩
4. Our wreath near our front-door entrance.
5. Kate looking at me (+ Pip & Matt). #always ❣️

“If one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers but the seed remains.”

#spookoween

#5JoysFriday @debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. Our new yard sign.
2. Our favorite pizzeria (voted as one of the top 22 pizza joints in the US by the NYT) now delivers!!! NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/article/best-pizza.html
3. My sister sent this 1988 pic of the three of us with my grandma at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade; it was below freezing!
4. Walking the pups in the middle of the day in Phoenix!
5. Kate, Pip, & Matt #always

#5JoysFriday @debinhawaii (thanks for the tag; you, too, @Eggs! 😘)

1. Mailing out my #LitSolace autumn cards.
2. Writing postcards to get people to vote in November.
3. Getting ready to high-five Randy Johnson's Bobble-Mascot at the D-Backs game on Wed.
4. Tuesday night's debate + a hat to show how easy it is to pronounce Kamala's name. Perhaps Trump should wear it so he'd remember. 😂
5. Pippa, Kate, & Matt. #always

Play? @AmyG @batsy

#5JoysFriday
@debinhawaii (thanks for the tag, @Eggs, too! 🩶🧡🩶)

Please ignore the huge human lump in the middle. 😂
1. Got a new couch and luckily was able to put down some dog-proof blankets just before the invasion of the GSD's. 🤩
2. More work in the office--slowly but surely.
3. College football starts this weekend!
4. A 3-day rest for all who LABOR and labor hard. #youveearnedthis
5. Matt, Kate, Pippa. #always
More joy? @TheBookgeekFrau

Happy #SaturdayChatterday 😊

☕️ Are you having a good weekend?
☕️ What are you up to today?
☕️ Where are you?
☕️ What are your plans for next week?
☕️ Any recommendations - books, places, films/tv shows etc?

All are welcome to join in. Tag and share, the more the merrier. 😊

@Chrissyreadit @PaperbackPirate @Deblovestoread @quietlycuriouskate @Catsandbooks

Thanks for the tags, @Eggs and @The_Penniless_Author! 🤩🤩🤩

1. I called myself CrabbyAbbe as a high school English teacher (my students LOVED it), so I almost named myself that, but Matt wanted me to get away from any negative talk about myself (even if in jest), so it's just dabbe for Denise Abbe. 🤷‍♀️
2. I've tried audiobooks, but I just can pay attention.
3. Book: DISSOLUTION by C.J. Sansom. 💙'ed it the 2nd time around, too!

Another good book, but you have to read the book before this to pick up on the plot threads. I didn‘t care for the time jumping, but it was only in short interludes so I guess that OK.
Mercy‘s brother shows up under a curse and she and Adam go to try to convince the power that cursed him to release him, which leads to a major Norse Myth inspired snowed-in mystery-ish.
4/5 dense but good-great characters, good plot, good world building.

#5JoysFriday
@Debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 😘)

One day late, but better than never! 😀